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Reading Club in 2026
From December 15, 2025 until February 03, 2026From January 20 to March 31, sessions on every other Tuesday, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe headquarters (at Calle Alcalá, 62).
From January 20 to March 31, sessions on every other Tuesday, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
60 euros for all six sessions.
In Spanish.
With the beginning of the new year, our Reading Club will be returning, with six sessions that give us the chance to delve deeper into works and authors that give us a closer look at the Arab world through literature, essays and graphic novels. The meetings will be held every other Tuesday from January 20 through March 31, 2026. Sign up soon, before all of the spaces are full!
The new dates and works which we will be discussing at the Casa Árabe Reading Club, organized by the Escuela de Escritores (Writers' School), are as follows:
Tuesday, January 20: Woman at Point Zero (Nawal el Saadawi)
Tuesday, February 3: Sostiene Pereira (Antonio Tabucchi)
Tuesday, February 17: Algerian Trilogy (Yasmina Khadra)
Tuesday, March 3: Birds of September (Emily Nasrallah)
Tuesday, March 17: The Arab of the Future (Riad Sattouf)
Tuesday, March 31: Orientalism (Edward Said)
In order to participate in the Reading Club, you must attend the first session after having read the first book. Casa Árabe will explain how the club works once the participants have registered. The sessions will be run by Javier Fonseca, from the Escuela de Escritores.
Javier Fonseca
A writer of children's and youths' books who has authored over twenty publications in his own name or with a pen name (Isaura Lee), including Pastel de moras (Blackberry Pie, published by Algar eds., 2013), El visitante del otro lado (The Visitor From the Other Side, Diquesí eds., 2016) and Zampalabras (Word Eater, Nórdica eds., 2018), 17+85 españoles geniales que lograron su sueño (17+85 Amazing Spaniards Who Lived Their Dream, 1785 eds., 2019), Amigos imaginarios (Imaginary Friends, published by San Pablo eds., 2020) and La familia Muchasleguas (The 'Many-Leagues' Family, published by La Esfera de los Libros, 2020).
At the Escuela de Escritores, he teaches children's and youth writing and creative writing and storytelling for young people and adults, projects and children's and youth writing in the Specialization Course on Teaching Creative Writing and Children's Poetry, forming part of the Master's degree program in Poetry. Since 2014, he has also been responsible for the children's and youth book recommendations given by the cultural magazine Adiós. He occasionally contributes to other cultural publications (Cuatrogatos, the digital magazine LIJ) and radio shows (La estación azul de los niños, RNE).
Along with this, he coordinates youth and adult reading clubs at public libraries, in bookstores and on digital platforms. He is also an oral storyteller, telling stories in squares, cafés, universities... or any other space where people might be willing to listen. He combines his literary work with a dedication to creative thinking and social awareness. He has been a university professor (USP-CEU) and has worked at Cáritas Española for more than ten years as its national head of development education, training and volunteering.
Tuesday, January 20: Woman at Point Zero (Nawal el Saadawi)
Tuesday, February 3: Sostiene Pereira (Antonio Tabucchi)
Tuesday, February 17: Algerian Trilogy (Yasmina Khadra)
Tuesday, March 3: Birds of September (Emily Nasrallah)
Tuesday, March 17: The Arab of the Future (Riad Sattouf)
Tuesday, March 31: Orientalism (Edward Said)
In order to participate in the Reading Club, you must attend the first session after having read the first book. Casa Árabe will explain how the club works once the participants have registered. The sessions will be run by Javier Fonseca, from the Escuela de Escritores.
Javier Fonseca
A writer of children's and youths' books who has authored over twenty publications in his own name or with a pen name (Isaura Lee), including Pastel de moras (Blackberry Pie, published by Algar eds., 2013), El visitante del otro lado (The Visitor From the Other Side, Diquesí eds., 2016) and Zampalabras (Word Eater, Nórdica eds., 2018), 17+85 españoles geniales que lograron su sueño (17+85 Amazing Spaniards Who Lived Their Dream, 1785 eds., 2019), Amigos imaginarios (Imaginary Friends, published by San Pablo eds., 2020) and La familia Muchasleguas (The 'Many-Leagues' Family, published by La Esfera de los Libros, 2020).
At the Escuela de Escritores, he teaches children's and youth writing and creative writing and storytelling for young people and adults, projects and children's and youth writing in the Specialization Course on Teaching Creative Writing and Children's Poetry, forming part of the Master's degree program in Poetry. Since 2014, he has also been responsible for the children's and youth book recommendations given by the cultural magazine Adiós. He occasionally contributes to other cultural publications (Cuatrogatos, the digital magazine LIJ) and radio shows (La estación azul de los niños, RNE).
Along with this, he coordinates youth and adult reading clubs at public libraries, in bookstores and on digital platforms. He is also an oral storyteller, telling stories in squares, cafés, universities... or any other space where people might be willing to listen. He combines his literary work with a dedication to creative thinking and social awareness. He has been a university professor (USP-CEU) and has worked at Cáritas Española for more than ten years as its national head of development education, training and volunteering.
